Richard Wilson
Born: 1936-07-09 in Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK
Known For: Acting
Biography
Richard Wilson OBE (born Ian Carmichael Wilson; 9 July 1936) is a Scottish actor, theatre director and broadcaster. He played Victor Meldrew in the BBC sitcom One Foot in the Grave. A later role was as Gaius, the court physician of Camelot, in the BBC drama Merlin.
Filmography
2023
- Sweetly It Turns as Len
2022
- G♭ as Ceri
2021
- Around the World in 80 Days as Grayson
2018
- Sherlock Gnomes as Mr. Capulet (voice)
2016
- A Midsummer Night's Dream as Starveling
2015
- Danny & the Human Zoo as James Broughton
- Coming Oot! A Fabulous History of Gay Scotland as Narrator
2013
- Richard Wilson - Both Feet In the Army as Self - Host
2012
- Playhouse Presents as John
- Confessions from the Underground as Self - Narrator(voice)
2011
- Celebrity Antiques Road Trip as Self - Participant
- Gnomeo & Juliet as Mr. Capulet
2010
2009
- Demons as Father Simeon
- Merlin: Secrets and Magic
- Britain's Best Drives
2008
- Merlin as Gaius
2007
- Would I Lie to You? as Self
- The Alan Titchmarsh Show as Self
- Kingdom as Professor Barkway
- Reichenbach Falls as Arthur Conan Doyle
2006
- Love and Other Disasters as Registrar
- A Harlot's Progress as Sir James Thornhill
- Davina
2004
- King of Fridges as Frank
2003
2002
- Born and Bred as Dr. Donald Newman
- Jeffrey Archer: The Truth as Duke of Edinburgh
- What's Your Problem? ... (Director)
- Dick Whittington: The ITV Pantomime as Sally the Cook
2001
- Women Talking Dirty as Ronald
- Life as We Know It
- High Stakes
- Visiting Uncle Dick as Victor Meldrew
1999
- Life Support as John Doone
1998
- Parkinson as Self
- All Saints
- So Graham Norton as Self
- Ted & Ralph as Landowner at Party
- Fantasy World Cup as Self
- Duck Patrol as PC Roland 'Prof' Rose
- In the Red as Lord Tone
1997
- The Man Who Knew Too Little as Daggenhurst
- Endgame as Victor Meldrew
1996
- Starbound as Victor Meldrew
- Gulliver's Travels as Professor of Language
- Lord of Misrule as Bill Webster
1995
- The Frank Skinner Show as Self
- Father Ted as Richard Wilson
- The Wisdom Of The Witch as Victor Meldrew
1994
- Room 101 as Self
- Butter as Steven Williams
- The Man Who Blew Away as Victor Meldrew
1993
- Shooting Stars as Self
- Soft Top Hard Shoulder as Uncle Salvatore
- The Tale of Peter Rabbit & Benjamin Bunny as Mr. McGregor (voice)
- The Vision Thing as James Forth
- One Foot in the Algarve as Victor Meldrew
- Victor In The Bath as Victor Meldrew
- Selling Hitler as Henri Nannen
1992
- The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends as Mr. McGregor (voice)
- The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends as Mr. McGregor
- Carry On Columbus as Don Juan Felipe
- Unnatural Pursuits as Hector Duff
- Unnatural Pursuits as Hector Duff
1991
- The Man In The Long Black Coat as Victor Meldrew
- Selling Hitler as Henri Nannen
1990
- Have I Got News for You as Self
- Mr. Bean as Dentist
- Changing Step ... (Director)
- One Foot in the Grave as Victor Meldrew
- Cluedo as Reverend Green
- Who's Listening as Victor Meldrew
- Kremlin Farewell as Lebedev
1989
- How to Get Ahead in Advertising as John Bristol
- Fellow Traveller as Sir Hugo Armstrong
- A Dry White Season as Cloete
- Under the Sun as Self - Narrator (voice)
1988
- The Play on One as Max
- Byrne About Byrne as Eddie Clockerty
- Thompson
- The Four Minute Mile as Harold Abrahams
- Normal Service as Max
- A Wholly Healthy Glasgow ... (Director)
1987
- Inspector Morse as Brian Thornton
- Prick Up Your Ears as Psychiatrist
- Tutti Frutti as Eddie Clockerty
- High & Dry as Richard Talbot
1986
- Whoops Apocalypse as Nigel Lipman (Foreign Secretary)
- Foreign Body as Colonel Partridge
- Murder by the Book as Sir Max Mallowan
- Hot Metal
- Room at the Bottom
1985
- Howards' Way as Viscount Cunningham
- Screen Two as Sir Hugo Armstrong
- Poppyland as Theodore Watts-Dunton
- The Last Place on Earth as Scott Keltie
1984
- Sherlock Holmes as Duncan Ross
- A Passage to India as Mr. Turton
- Under the Hammer ... (Director)
1983
- Those Glory Glory Days as Arnold - Journalist
1982
- Countdown
- Commitments ... (Director)
- Andy Robson as Mr. Ridley
- The Remainder Man ... (Director)
1981
- Virginia Fly is Drowning as Professor
1980
- Pasmore as Abercrombie
- Shaping Up as Tom McCann
1979
- Only When I Laugh as Gordon Thorpe
1976
- Bet Your Life as Consultant
- Victorian Scandals as Albert Foster
- The Portland Millions as Albert Foster
- Yanks Go Home
- Cilla's World Of Comedy
1975
- The Sweeney as D.C.I. Anderson
- Through the Night as Registrar
1974
- Playhouse as Tom McCann
- Soldier and Me as Dr. Nixon
1972
1970
- Play for Today as Consultant
- Junket 89
- The Day They Buried Cleaver as Det. Sgt. Sand
- Would You Look at Them Smashing All Those Lovely Windows as Mr. O'Flanagan, O'Leary, Tram Conductor
- The People’s Jack as George III
1968
1960
- Danger Man as King [Kabuki Group]